Gery, Frank William, Jr.2018-07-312018-07-3119631963b14659700https://hdl.handle.net/2144/30110Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityStatement of the Problem. - The major thesis is that cyclical sensitivity of New England Standard Metropolitan Areas is a function of any one or a combination of the following variables: 1. specialization in manufacturing industries as opposed to non-manufacturing industries, 2. specialization in durable goods industries as opposed to non-durable goods industries, 3. specialization in a few major "S.I.C. two-digit" manufacturing industries, 4. degree of transition in the structure of manufacturing [TRUNCATED]en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictionsNew EnglandManufacturing industriesDurable goods industriesThesis/Dissertation1171902522165899195586710001161